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before you knew you were pregnant??
Before I knew I was pregnant, I wasn't a saint. I even went on a trip
to Vegas with friends within the first 2 weeks of pregnancy. I wasn't planning on getting pregnant, and didn't think I would because I was on the pill. But, things do happen, and now, I'm very excited that I'lll be having a little girl this fall. Sometimes I get nervous about some of the things I did before knowing I was pregnant (I didn't know the first month). I even spoke to my doctor about it, and he said many woman go through this and they go on to have healthy babies. I just want to know if anyone has any thoughts on this issue. I've take great care of myself since I've known of my pregnancy and things look good. I have faith that my little girl is healthy. Has anyone experienced this? |
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Did you just drink alot? Or were there drugs involved? I can only speak
from experience - I drank a couple times excessively during my first pregnancy (before I knew) and my daughter turned out very healthy. "ECM" wrote in message oups.com... Before I knew I was pregnant, I wasn't a saint. I even went on a trip to Vegas with friends within the first 2 weeks of pregnancy. I wasn't planning on getting pregnant, and didn't think I would because I was on the pill. But, things do happen, and now, I'm very excited that I'lll be having a little girl this fall. Sometimes I get nervous about some of the things I did before knowing I was pregnant (I didn't know the first month). I even spoke to my doctor about it, and he said many woman go through this and they go on to have healthy babies. I just want to know if anyone has any thoughts on this issue. I've take great care of myself since I've known of my pregnancy and things look good. I have faith that my little girl is healthy. Has anyone experienced this? |
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"ECM" wrote in message oups.com... Before I knew I was pregnant, I wasn't a saint. I even went on a trip to Vegas with friends within the first 2 weeks of pregnancy. I wasn't planning on getting pregnant, and didn't think I would because I was on the pill. But, things do happen, and now, I'm very excited that I'lll be having a little girl this fall. Sometimes I get nervous about some of the things I did before knowing I was pregnant (I didn't know the first month). I even spoke to my doctor about it, and he said many woman go through this and they go on to have healthy babies. I just want to know if anyone has any thoughts on this issue. I've take great care of myself since I've known of my pregnancy and things look good. I have faith that my little girl is healthy. Has anyone experienced this? I'm not sure if this is much consolation, but the first few weeks of gestation are called the "all or nothing" period. This means that the embryo cannot survive much damage, so basically teratogenic exposures will either kill the embryo or have no effect. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/410896_2 Relevant quote: "either the agent affects enough cells to result in embryolethality or so few cells are affected that the embryo is able to effectively repair itself." What this means for you is that chances are whatever you did in Vegas stayed in Vegas. (couldn't resist) If a personal story helps, my SIL was on the pill and got pregnant. She found out a few months into it, to her surprise. So, she drank alcohol, took birth control pills, and probably ate terribly and was under a lot of stress. She has a beautiful little girl. That's a typical story. Not to say that exposures aren't a big deal, because certainly they can be, but generally "incidental" exposures like drinking too much a couple of times in the first couple of weeks are rarely if ever a problem. Chronic alcoholism or illegal drug use is a problem. If things were a little more complicated than too many martinis in Vegas, you may want to talk to a teratogen information service. Here's a link that can help you find the one in your area: http://otispregnancy.org/otis_find_a_tis.asp Best wishes, Amy |
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In my last pregnancy I did not have my diabetes under good control
during the first 2 weeks after conception (until 4 weeks LMP). Even though I already knew that most deformities caused from diabetes happened in the organ formation period (from 5 to 8 weeks lmp), I was still pretty paranoid the entire pg about it. My dd was thankfully born perfectly healthy! KC |
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